E06B 3/48
Wings connected at their edges
Official title: Wings connected at their edges, e.g. foldable wings
E06B3/48 (Wings connected at their edges) appears on 654 US grants and 560 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E06B- Granted patents
- 654
- Published applications
- 560
- Assignees
- 311
- Inventors
- 992
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 8 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 8 | 0 |
| 1985 | 8 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 9 | 0 |
| 1990 | 11 | 0 |
| 1991 | 14 | 0 |
| 1992 | 14 | 0 |
| 1993 | 11 | 0 |
| 1994 | 7 | 0 |
| 1995 | 9 | 0 |
| 1996 | 16 | 0 |
| 1997 | 9 | 0 |
| 1998 | 14 | 0 |
| 1999 | 23 | 0 |
| 2000 | 24 | 0 |
| 2001 | 18 | 0 |
| 2002 | 11 | 11 |
| 2003 | 16 | 28 |
| 2004 | 16 | 23 |
| 2005 | 13 | 21 |
| 2006 | 16 | 18 |
| 2007 | 6 | 25 |
| 2008 | 5 | 12 |
| 2009 | 2 | 24 |
| 2010 | 8 | 13 |
| 2011 | 12 | 13 |
| 2012 | 11 | 19 |
| 2013 | 12 | 16 |
| 2014 | 14 | 22 |
| 2015 | 16 | 23 |
| 2016 | 22 | 32 |
| 2017 | 20 | 32 |
| 2018 | 17 | 35 |
| 2019 | 32 | 32 |
| 2020 | 33 | 26 |
| 2021 | 16 | 30 |
| 2022 | 11 | 21 |
| 2023 | 29 | 28 |
| 2024 | 24 | 21 |
| 2025 | 24 | 17 |
| 2026 | 8 | 18 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Power plugs for panels of sectional doors20 Aug 2026US 2026/0246186 A1CornellCookson, LLC
- Flush garage door panels and method of construction thereof13 Aug 2026US 2026/0234987 A1American Garage Door Factory, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Weatherproof continuous hinge connector for articulated vehicular overhead doors439US 5,148,850 APaneltech Ltd. · 1992
- Passive detection system for detecting a body near a door89US 7,045,764 B2Rite-Hite Holding Corporation · 2006
- Method and apparatus for overlaying a garage door85US 6,148,896 A2000
- Panel articulation system82US 5,133,108 AFTFM la Toulousaine · 1992
- Foldable cover assembly76US 4,747,441 A1988